Initially, information on survivors or casualties had been scanty but later reports suggested that all the 157 people on board the plane perished in the crash.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who was one of the first people to comment on the accident on social media sent condolences to the family and friend of the people who lost their lives in the accident.

“The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning,” the prime minister’s official Twitter account posted.

While the world is still dealing with the news, it has emerged that Prophet Affran had asked for prayers for Ethiopian Airlines on February 7, 2019, after seeing an impending crash in a vision.